My friend is at the Bendigo Wool & Sheep Show and after getting off the phone to her I felt inspired to spin. She is bringing me back some yummy things to play with, including some new spindles, so I shall post a photo once I get them.
I have a few wheels, four at my current count, and I have been playing with my Tara wheel this morning. It is a beautiful wheel to spin on, but I can't seem to get the tension right today, so I have swapped to my good old Ashford.
To continue the inspired spinning, and for something a bit different, I then did a little bit of spindle spinning on my Turkish Delight. The merino tops I am using on my Turkish Delight I hand dyed and after falling in love with the colours I decided that I would make a lace weight yarn out of it. What I am going to do with the ridiculously fine yarn when I have finished spinning it, I have no idea, but I am sure something will come to me.
The knitting craze continues with a few rows added to my scrap rug. I must admit I am tempted at the moment to just sit down all day with my tub of scrap blue wool and just knit and knit and knit ... but then I wouldn't have anything to knit later - HA! Then a few more rows on my pair of socks, which are now starting to grow more quickly now that I am past the heel.
I have also had an inspiration to crochet again. I thought I would make a couple of baby rugs. I like crocheting rugs but at the moment I have no inclination to make anything massive, so I thought a baby rug was a good start as I have had a few people ask if I have any available for purchase. So I have been having a bit of a play this afternoon with a couple of new crochet patterns to find a nice one to start with.
And to finish the day off, I decided to add a little bit more to my Quaker Tapestry square for the joint project at craft group. I am enjoying the textural aspect of this style of tapestry embroidery and I think I might use this style for a larger project I have in mind. But I think at the moment the idea will stay in my project book as I think I might have just a few too many projects on the go, Lol.
Until next time, happy crafting! :)
P.S. I have been given a crochet challenge by a friend, so I might just have to have a play with it tomorrow. If you have a challenge for me, please feel free to email it to lizgreenarts@gmail.com as I am always up for something new! Thanks, Liz :)
